Exam Timetables 2010

CJTobin

Just wondering if anybody has any idea when we can expect to see them. There's just over a month (five weeks) left in this semester (or "term" for you old fogies!;)), we should be seeing them fairly soon, I should hope...

ronivek

I was told "early to mid March" when I asked the examinations office a couple of weeks ago. I'd be surprised if we don't see them before the end of this coming week.

CJTobin

Sounds about right, and definately along the lines of my initial guesswork.

Thanks for the input, Ronivek!

d93c2inhxfok4y

Would anyone have a rough estimate for the dates of the exams? Specifically, if you could, for second year BESS?

CJTobin

No exact dates, but the exam period lasts from April 26th until May 21st. You'll likely finish up well in advance of the 21st.

just-joe

Lol @ Trinity News article, BESS people have to do exams, noooooooo?!!?!?!?

devinejay

just-joe wrote: »

Lol @ Trinity News article, BESS people have to do exams, noooooooo?!!?!?!?

Sure they've already got a tonne of CA done anyway, try summer exams worth 80 - 90% of the whole shebang.

Bloody arts-heads, what are they like?:D

Jammyc

No word yet then? I take it we should be expecting an email.

Kurtosis

Jammyc wrote: »

No word yet then? I take it we should be expecting an email.

Nah, they usually send it out by messenger owl...

But seriously, I know some schools/departments send out the timetables by email once they become available form the Examinations Office. Otherwise you can always check the examinations timetable link on their website.

timmywex

Im starting to get quite annoyed at this stage that they still havnt been posted!

Id like to know fairly soon! Leaving/junior cert have them the start of january with their exams not till may, why cant we have our timetables by the start of march at least!:mad:

d93c2inhxfok4y

CJTobin wrote: »

No exact dates, but the exam period lasts from April 26th until May 21st. You'll likely finish up well in advance of the 21st.

Cheers mate, that's actually a big help.

Jammyc

Apparently the new term structure will force some changes on the timetable compared to last year. And mid-march is the 'date' being set for release.

CJTobin

The beginning of next week so?

Hopefully we'll have them by at least the end of next week, I'm starting to get anxious at this stage!

ronivek

Looking at some of the MSc. timetables I think a month before the exams start isn't an unrealistic expectation; so I'm thinking it might not be until the week after next.

It's extremely irritating when you have a solid month you can't plan for; especially with employment/travel opportunities and so on.

dabh

The pattern in recent years is that the timetable has come out between 6 and 8 weeks before the start of exams. Depends on what problems develop. Of course this year, with semesterization and wholesale changes in course and examination structures...

Relevant people in departments have been scrutinizing draft timetables, which normally happens about a week before publication. And the Exams Office needs to get timetables out before the exam papers start coming in for photocopying. So publication next week seems plausible.

Mark200

I think one of my lecturers mentioned earlier this week that he'd be sending in the exam format into the exams office yesterday.

fh041205

Mark200 wrote: »

I think one of my lecturers mentioned earlier this week that he'd be sending in the exam format into the exams office yesterday.

Most (and I think all) of the Maths lecturers had their papers submitted to the external examiner before reading week.

Jammyc

Soo... how about that lack of timetable..

ronivek

I'm putting my money on the second half of next week.

Jev/N

We got an email last Thurs saying it would be out "next week or shortly thereafter"

CJTobin

Jev/N wrote: »

We got an email last Thurs saying it would be out "next week or shortly thereafter"

Meaning this week early next, right?

Jev/N

CJTobin wrote: »

Meaning this week early next, right?

Exactly

Shelga

Grrr where are they?? :mad:

sd2002

Considering we have to sit our exams 3 weeks early, it's only fair that staff should have to work that little bit harder too to get timetables out earlier than usual.

But, as always, students seem to be a mere afterthought:mad:

Tarka

Getting frustrated by all this now. Got Pavement to be going to over the exam period, really wanna know if they're on the eve one or not.

Aoibheann

Apparently they should be out Monday afternoon (ish), according to an email from the education officer.

technogoblin

Tarka wrote: »

Getting frustrated by all this now. Got Pavement to be going to over the exam period, really wanna know if they're on the eve one or not.

Agreed, I need to know if i can go see flight of the conchords. blast!

dominiquecruz

This is just stupid. Our exams are less than a month away and we have no idea what our timetable is like. How am I meant to cram efficiently with this lack of information?

will somebody less apathetic than me please organise a protest. or an email of venom.

Kurtosis

dominiquecruz wrote: »

This is just stupid. Our exams are less than a month away and we have no idea what our timetable is like.

Sorry to be the voice of reason, but the exam period begins April 26th...so there's actually over 5 weeks to go! Hooray for more study time. But yeah, would be nice to see the timetable now.

dominiquecruz

5 whole weeks?? ah sure take their time so!

Jonathan

The timetables should be released on Monday afternoon.

evercloserunion

Dreading it.

Aldito

Other than the guys who are going to gigs around that time, I really don't get why you're all getting so worked up about it. Who cares exactly when they are or what order they're in, you know you have 4-5 weeks so why don't you stop moaning and start studying and you'll find out when you find out...

Tarka

Gig stuff aside, I've always found it a little comforting to know when exactly I'll be facing each exam. At the moment it's just a frightening blob of time called 'exams', having the timetable kind of unmasks it all and takes away some of the worry.

dominiquecruz

Aldito wrote: »

Other than the guys who are going to gigs around that time, I really don't get why you're all getting so worked up about it. Who cares exactly when they are or what order they're in, you know you have 4-5 weeks so why don't you stop moaning and start studying and you'll find out when you find out...

While its a quaint ideal to assume everybody should just get their head into their books and study for the exam period ahead, the fact of the matter is there are plenty of students who will be using periods between exams etc to do most of their last-minute cramming.

Of course I'm studying, but it would be nice to know if two of my most difficult papers are on the same day or a couple of weeks apart. And asides from gigs, theres a 4-month summer ahead which could be better planned if I knew what dates I was finishing on.

dominiquecruz

Anyway, they're out on Monday now so I'm not too bothered. But would it be really too much to ask to have them out a little earlier next year?

Marshy

Timetables are up now.

https://www.tcd.ie/Examinations/Timetables/vpexamtimetable.php

dominiquecruz

Excellent! I spoke too soon.. and my timetable is sweeet.

Marshy

Yeah can't complain about mine either, nicely spaced out...

Jammyc

Saweeet timetable. Much better than I expected!

andrew

A mate of mine has one every day for the first week. Shit one.

evercloserunion

Better than I expected too. A bit of crapness but then I did choose to do a broad curriculum course.

Groinshot

Yuck. 9 exams in two weeks..... This is gonna be so much fun. Least its one a day, 2 til 4 every day!

Denerick

I have a full 8 days before my final exam. Nice one! First hanging of that one...

Mark200

Got away with not having any in the RDS last year, but this year I have 4 out of 5 there Besides that, it's a good timetable. Nice and spread out, worst exam last, and they're all on from 2 til 5!

bythewoods

The School of Medicine is always so annoyingly disorganised. My timetable's not up yet, and now I'm dying to know when I'm done. Gah.

Groinshot

bythewoods wrote: »

The School of Medicine is always so annoyingly disorganised. My timetable's not up yet, and now I'm dying to know when I'm done. Gah.

Kinda disappointing-I got the email and read the message before seeing who it was and knew it was you...

Craguls

Science timetable's pretty fair if you ask me. Seems better spread out from what I've heard about previous years.

bythewoods

Groinshot wrote: »

Kinda disappointing-I got the email and read the message before seeing who it was and knew it was you...

I love a good whinge, I do.

Warrior011

bythewoods wrote: »

The School of Medicine is always so annoyingly disorganised. My timetable's not up yet, and now I'm dying to know when I'm done. Gah.

What year ya in?

Edit: Off topic, I know

Groinshot

Shes in first year.